1988 Indiana gubernatorial election

1988 Indiana gubernatorial election

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Nominee Evan Bayh John Mutz
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Frank O'Bannon Stephen Goldsmith
Popular vote 1,138,574 1,000,207
Percentage 53.2% 46.8%

County results
Bayh:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Mutz:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Robert D. Orr
Republican

Elected Governor

Evan Bayh
Democratic

The 1988 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1988, in all 92 counties in the state of Indiana. Incumbent Governor Robert D. Orr, a Republican, was ineligible to run for a third consecutive term due to term limits established by the Indiana Constitution. In the general election, the Republican nominee, Lieutenant Governor John Mutz, was defeated by Democrat Indiana Secretary of State Evan Bayh by a margin of six percentage points. Bayh was the first Democrat to be elected Governor of Indiana since Roger D. Branigin's victory during the 1964 Democratic landslides twenty-four years previously.